Whimsy Stamps - Giraffes Thinking Of You (Dies To Die For)

 Hello everyone!

I bet you did n't expect to hear from me again so soon! (:

I'm here to show you a card made with gorgeous goodies from wonderful

Dies To Die For

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)

Whimsy Stamps Giraffes Thinking Of You Clear Stamps 

(You can also buy matching dies for this set)!

Altenew Deck Planks 3D Embossing Folder

Lawn Fawn Cobblestone Stencil

Concord & 9th Shadow Box Base Dies

Whimsy Joy Word Die Set (Heart Die Cut )

Copic Markers

E49, E47, E39, E35, E31, E30, BG000, R81

Other Ingredients

Black Card

Distress Oxide Ink in Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Walnut Stain

Thank you for popping by today!

Happy crafting...

from Sue...xxx

Stamping Bella - Cosmobella Digital Stamp Set

  Happy Sunday friends!

I hope you are all well and enjoying a wonderful weekend!

Today's card is made with another gorgeous digi from the latest Stamping Bella Digital Stamp Release.

Cosmobella Digital Stamp Set

Ingredients from Stamping Bella

Cosmobella Digital Stamp Set

Copic Markers

Skin E13, E11, E01, E00, E000, R20

Lips R46, R27, Eyes, B0000

Hair E49, E79, E77, E74

Top YG93,YG91, E41, White Gel Pen, Stardust Stickles

Trousers R59, R46, R27, R14

Other Ingredients 

From Dies To Die For

Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes - Marker Geek

Lawn Fawn Henry's ABC's Alphabet Die Set

Other Ingredients

Very Ancient Striped Design Paper - My Mind's Eye I think!

Her top is lovely and sparkly in real life but unfortunately the photo has n't captured it!

Re Digi Stamps...just incase this is useful...!

I use PowerPoint to create my digital card designs,

I have a fairly basic HP printer and I set my ink settings on draft to print, the image comes out beautifully and there isn't so much ink that it smudges or is affected by pencils/alcohol markers.

Thank you for visiting me today!

Happy crafting,

love from

Sue...xxx

Curvy Girl With A Diamond - Stamping Bella

 Hello everyone,

I hope this week is being kind to you!

Today I have a card to show you that I made a while ago, I had a complete lack of confidence about showing it to you because it was the first card I made after I broke my leg last year!

It took me ages to colour and I felt a bit out of sorts at the time!

However, I really want to share it because it is coloured with pencils - which I love doing, and was a birthday card for my son's gorgeous girlfriend Emily - and she adored it!

Curvy Girl With A Diamond by Stamping Bella

from Dies To Die For

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

Curvy Girl With A Diamond by Stamping Bella

Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables

Thank you for popping by today!

Look after yourselves and happy creating!

from Sue...xxx

Other Ingredients

Bazzill Basics Kraft Card

Archival Ink - Potting Shed

Distress Oxide in Tumbled Glass

Pink Organza Ribbon

Starry Skies Sparkletz (Whimsy Stamps)

Wink of Stella Clear Pen

Caran D'Ache Pablos Pencils

Skin - Aubergine, Salmon Pink, Granite Rose 
Hair - Umber, Chestnut, Cinnamon, Golden OchreLeaves - Emerald Green  

Diamond - Steel Gray, Bluish Pale, White

Dress - Olive Grey, Purple Violet, Purple, Light Purple, White

White Details - Brownish Beige, Light Beige, White 

Ground - Sepia, 

Winter Chickadee surprise...xxx

Hello lovely friends, happy Thursday!

Oh my!  1st February already!

Well, I am not going to bemoan the passing of time as I have been very excited about today's post for a few weeks and here's why... (;

Gorgeous DoveArt has moved over to Whimsy Stamps and that means I am now part of Whimsy DT.  What a total honour and an absolute thrill!

Thank you so much to Jennifer and Denise for this fabulous opportunity!

So - today is DoveArt release day at Whimsy Stamps!

I have chosen a beautiful image
Winter Chickadee*

 which is just perfect for a winter birthday!

I created the background coloured this lovely image with Copics.

Unusually for me I decided to scrunch the sides of the papers up!  I did that with my eyes shut!

Ingredients

DoveArt Winter Chickadee - Whimsy Stamps (UK peeps you can buy from Dies To Die For)

Make it Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)

Vellum by The Hobby House

MFT Dots and Stripes Bright 6x6 paper pad

Studio Light Woodland Winter 6x6 paper pad

Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy Stamps and Dies (Dies To Die For)

Archival Ink - Watering Can

Natural Twine -The Ribbon Girl

Copic Markers - 

Background R00, R11 and colourless blender

Chickadee - E43, E42, E41, E40, E34, E31, N0, N1

Berries - R89, R24, R14

Branches - E79, E77, E74

Greenery - BG99, BG96, BG93, YG25, G94, G82

Ground - W3, W1, W0

Thank you for popping by,

happy creating!

love from

Sue...xxx

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I only work with products I love and my opinions are my own.

 

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...when I see an elephant fly!...

...well I be done seen about everything when I see an elephant fly!...

I'm showing my age now - go on - name the film! (I'll put the answer at the bottom of the post)!

Morning everyone, I'm here today with hefelump cuteness overload from Dies To Die For!

These cute elephants are part of Mama Elephant's new release and they are so gorgeous they broke my 'no buy January' resolution /-:

I simply could not resist them and they are absolutely perfect for a box card!

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

Stamps - Mama Elephant - Fly With Me

Mama Elephant - Scripty B'day

Dies - Mama Elephant - Fly With Me - Creative Cuts

Lawn Fawn - Scallop Box Card Pop Up - Lawn Cuts

Papers - My Favourite Things Homespun Gingham 6 x 6 Paper Pad

My Favourite Things - Tiny Hearts Pastels 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Ink - My Favorite Things - Extreme Black Hybrid Ink Pad

Other Ingredients

Make it Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)

Stix2 Acetate

Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Glue

Copic Markers

Inks Used

Copics - 

Elephants - RV13, RV21, RV10, E51, R00
Balloons - R89, R37, R27, R24, R14

Thank you for popping by.

Happy Creating

love from Sue...xxx

Don't forget to pop straight to the Dies To Die For inspiration blog to look at the lovely DT creations there, and then straight to Dies To Die For for some essential retail therapy!

...it was Walt Disney's Dumbo of course! - made in 1941!

Happy Day...

Good morning everyone,

Happy Thursday!

I'm here today with some flowery gorgeousness!  

I could almost be thinking of spring if were n't so cold, wet and windy outside today!

So...here are some pretty flowers to cheer us all up!

This card is one of a set of three I made last year for Making Cards magazine.

I loved making these cards.  

The flowers are stamped and heat embossed in white on vellum and the vellum is coloured from behind with Copic markers.  Such a pretty effect I think!  Mind you, coupled with a shaker card, it is almost toooo cute!

You don't need too many Copic Markers to colour on vellum as you need to work quickly because the alcohol ink dries really quickly!  So if you are giving this technique a go use no more than two blending colours and be speedy! (Remember to colour on the back of the vellum)!

Ingredients

Memento Ink pad in Tuxedo Black

Memento Ink pad in Angel Pink

Embossing Ink Pad

Cosmic Shimmer Detail True White Embossing Powder 

Vellum from The Hobby House

Copic Markers

Stix 2 Clear Acetate

Pinflair Glue Gel

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

Stamps - My Favourite Things - Pretty Posies

Lawn Fawn - How You Bean

Lawn Fawn - Happy Happy Happy

Dies - MFT Die namics - Pretty Posies

Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - How You Bean

Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - How You Bean Shaker Add On

Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Happy Happy Happy

Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Small Stitched Square Stackables

Paper - Lawn Fawn - Perfectly Plaid Rainbow - Petite Paper Pack

Lawn Fawn - Watercolor Wishes - Petite Paper Pack

Thank you for popping by.

Happy Creating

love from Sue...xxx

Don't forget to pop straight to the Dies To Die For inspiration blog to look at the lovely DT creations there, and then straight to Dies To Die For for some essential retail therapy!

Believe...

Happy New Year everyone!
I'm kicking the year off by celebrating Christmas /-:
(I know what you're thinking)! (;

Anyways, I am not being ridiculously organised for the next one!  This is a card I made for the last one! 

Today sees a new challenge at 
SNSRC
(Squirrel's Not So Random Challenge)

We are celebrating and we don't mind what so please just link up your cards for a chance to win a special prize.

This card is one of my own favourites, I made it for my son's gorgeous girlfriend who we all absolutely adore!
The image is a beautiful digi,
Neve
from
Make It Crafty
The background is a really easy technique using a copic marker and some colourless blender in a spritzer bottle, I did a tutorial for Copic marker Europe about it
HERE
The chipboard 'believe' word is also from Make it Crafty and has been coloured with Copics. 

Ingredients

Neve digi from Make It Crafty
Make it Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)
Copic Markers
Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables (Dies To Die For)
MFT Dienamics - Stitched Scallop Rectangle Frames (Dies To Die For)
Believe Word Chipboard from Make It Crafty
Chunky White Frantage by Stampendous
Sequins

Copic Markers 

Skin - E70, E00, E000, E00

Hair - E79, E74, E71

Clothes - R37, R35, R32, BG57, BG53, BG11, T7, T5, T3

Background - C2 and colourless blender added with a spritzer bottle

Ground - C4, C2, C1

Letters - Copic Glitter Pen in Clear, R37, R35, R32

Thank you for visiting...

Happy Crafting...

Don't forget to pop to Squirrel's Not So Random Challenge to look at the gorgeous cards by the other nutty acorns and join in the fun!

from Sue...xxx

Birthday Hugs...

Hello everyone,

Wishing you a lovely Sunday.

I'm here with some gorgeousness from

The Ribbon Girl
and also a big thank you to Mary and Andrea for sticking with me during my little crafting break!

We have a new card challenge starting today at The Ribbon Girl
with some utterly fabulous prizes, 
follow the link
HERE
for all the details.

Ingredients from The Ribbon Girl

Lemoncraft Gossamer Blue 6 x 6 paper pad, 10mm Dorothy Ivory Lace, Natural Button Twine, Limoges Blue Seam Binding, Daisy Flower Charm, 15mm Ivory Asters, Miniature White Blossom, 10mm Blue Open Roses, 10mm Ivory Open Roses, Mini Glossy Accents

Other Ingredients
Stamping Bella Bunny Pile Stuffies (Dies To Die For)
Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)
Memento Ink Pad in Tuxedo Black
Crafter's Companion Dersert Storm Kraft Card
Distress Ink Pad in Tumbled Glass
Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Cross Stitched Rectangle Stackables (Dies To Die For)
Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Stitched Rectangle Stackables (Dies To Die For)
My Favourite Things All About You Stamps (Dies To Die For)
MFT Die namics Label Tape (Dies To Die For)

Copics Used
Bunnies - E44, E41, E42, E44, W00, W1, W3, R04, R11, R02, R01 (plus Glossy Accents on their cute little noses)!
Flowers B02, B01, B00, Y15, Y04
Background - B00, B000
Grass - YG03, YG17, YG25, Colourless Blender 0

Thank you for visiting,

happy creating!
from Sue...xxx

...and remember to pop straight to
The Ribbon Girl
to look at the wonderful DT inspiration join in the challenge fun!
...and then straight to 
The Ribbon Girl Store
for some essential retail therapy!

You're doubly sweet...

Happy Sunday everyone and happy October 0-:

I have been on a bit of a break from crafting recently.

We've had a tricky summer as my eldest son had a motorcycle accident in July.

I'm happy to report he is fortunately well on the mend but frankly it has been a tough few months.

sooooo...

I have a few thank you's today...

to my lovely hubby and youngest son who have really kept the boat afloat at home,

to my eldest son's employer and friends who have rallied round to keep his spirits up

and to my darlin' friends who have given such love and support....  (you know who you are)!

The thank you's are n't quite complete today because I have few in respect of today's cards for wonderful 
Dies To Die For

Firstly to our Faye for her inspiration and patient support and feedback in respect of my no lines colouring,
secondly to our Elaine for her wonderful inspiration in respect of colouring backgrounds and grounding an image, and finally to our lovely Tracy for not giving up on me whilst I've had a little break!

I would never have had the confidence to colour these sweeties without the help of these lovely ladies!

phew - onto the crafting then!

Here's a double dose of Stamping Bella Sweetness!...

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

Stamps - Stamping Bella - Tiny Townie - Lily of the Valley Garden Girl

Lawn Fawn - How You Bean? (sentiment)

Dies - My Favourite Things - Dynamics - Stitched Rectangle Frames

Papers - Maja Design - Summer Crush

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

Stamps - Stamping Bella - Tiny Townie Garden Girl - Sweet Pea

My Favorite Things - All about You

Dies - MFT - Die namics - Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Frames

MFT - Die namics - Label Tape

Papers - My Favourite Things - Bundles of Blossoms Brights 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Other Ingredients

Tonic Scalloped Rectangle layering Dies

Make it Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)

Memento Ink Pad in Tuxedo Black
Twine and Charm by The Ribbon Girl

Copics Used
Skin - E70, E21, E00, E000
Hair - E71, E74, E77
Frock - R04, R11, R20, R000
Underskirt - C00, C0, C1
Lily of the Valley - G99, G94, G82, C00, C0, C01
Background - G00, G000, spritzed with Colourless Blender 0

Ingredients from Dies To Die For

Stamps - Stamping Bella - Tiny Townie Garden Girl - Sweet Pea

My Favorite Things - All about You

Dies - MFT - Die namics - Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Frames

MFT - Die namics - Label Tape

Papers - My Favourite Things - Bundles of Blossoms Brights 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Other Ingredients

Tonic Scalloped Rectangle layering Dies

Make it Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)

Memento Ink Pad in Tuxedo Black
Twine and Charm by The Ribbon Girl

Copics Used
Skin - E70, E51, E50, YR30
Hair - E31, E34, E57, E76
Frock and Flowers - RV69, RV17, RV66, G46, G43, G82
Background - C2 spritzed with Colourless Blender 0

Thank you for popping by.

Happy Creating

love from Sue...xxx

Don't forget to pop straight to the Dies To Die For inspiration blog to look at the lovely DT creations there, and then straight to Dies To Die For for some essential retail therapy!